En Route has appointed Rebecca Neale as category development director, reinforcing the company’s strategic focus on accelerating innovation, expanding its passenger solutions portfolio and delivering even greater value to airline and airline catering partners worldwide. Neale joins En Route with over two decades of senior retail experience, bringing expertise in product … [Read more...]
Bordeaux Distilling Co Rolls Out The World’s First Transparent Organic Coffee Liqueur
The innovative Bordeaux Distilling Co have launched the world’s first organic, transparent coffee liqueur called Brunette Clear that is also taking the battle to waste. With the worldwide coffee industry believed to produce over 20 million tonnes of waste per year, Brunette Clear is made by utilising two often overlooked by-products of the coffee-making process - cascara … [Read more...]
Hospitality Groups Face January Deadline to Reclaim Unlawful Card Fees
Multinational hospitality organisations trading in the UK and EEA now have a time-limited opportunity to recover substantial historic costs following a landmark legal ruling on unlawful card payment fees. With registration closing on 16 January 2026, eligible businesses are being urged to act now to secure their place in a funded legal claim addressing multilateral interchange … [Read more...]
Visa & Mastercard Interchange Claim Deadline Extended
Multinational hospitality organisations trading in the UK and EEA can now join a funded legal claim addressing unlawful multilateral interchange fees (MIFs) charged on Visa and Mastercard transactions. In June 2025, the UK Competition Appeal Tribunal confirmed that these fees breached Article 101(1) TFEU, establishing firm legal precedent for recovery. The claim is managed … [Read more...]
Birchall Foodservice Celebrates Landmark Year of Growth, Awards and Leadership Success
The past 12 months have seen Birchall Foodservice strengthen its position as one of the UK’s leading independent foodservice wholesalers, combining strong commercial performance with major business milestones and industry recognition. A key highlight has been the appointment of Gill Smith as Managing Director, supported by Commercial Director Nicola Watson. Both leaders … [Read more...]
Country Range Group Celebrates Members & Suppliers with Showpiece at The National Gallery
Over 200 guests attended the National Gallery on Thursday 11 December to celebrate the Country Range Group’s (CRG) annual ‘An Evening With…’ event and awards ceremony, which was hosted by TV personality Vernon Kay. The sell-out event is always one of the key dates in CRG’s calendar and highlights successes of the Group, its supplier partners and member wholesalers over the … [Read more...]
Inclusion does not need Complexity to be Meaningful
By GraceWeaverAI: Inclusion does not need Complexity to be Meaningful Seeing value in every role in hospitality, celebrating it authentically and publicly Inclusion in hospitality is often spoken of in terms of complex strategies, multi-year roadmaps, layered frameworks. Yet every so often a moment comes along that reminds us inclusion can be simple, delivered … [Read more...]
Legal precedent set on unlawful Visa and Mastercard interchange fees impacting hospitality
Hospitality businesses across the UK and EEA that have accepted Visa and or Mastercard payments are being invited to register interest in a collective legal claim concerning multilateral interchange fees, commonly referred to as MIFs. The claim relates to default interchange fees applied to Visa and Mastercard transactions, which increased card processing costs for … [Read more...]
2026 outlook: maintenance trends that will shape the catering industry
As operators look ahead to 2026, one theme is clear: the role of planned maintenance in commercial kitchens is becoming more strategic than ever. With rising energy costs, tightening compliance requirements and growing pressure to demonstrate sustainable practice, catering businesses are rethinking how they care for their equipment and how maintenance fits into their long-term … [Read more...]
CRG Appoint Dean Pendlebury as Buying Director
The Country Range Group has announced that its current Head of Trading Dean Pendlebury will be promoted to the role of Buying Director, as of the 1st January 2026. Dean joined the Country Range Group in 2013 and has been instrumental in building the Group’s buying power up to £360 million, its purchasing strategy, tenders, trading compliance and the development of the … [Read more...]
Anglian Water, ECAS, and Fantasy Island Unite to Create a Sustainable Impact in One of the UK’s Biggest Holiday Destinations
Anglian Water has teamed up with Fantasy Island and ECAS (Environmental Compliance and Services) to deliver a landmark environmental initiative aimed at protecting local waterways and future-proofing food service operations. By installing grease-trapping systems across the site’s food outlets, Fantasy Island is setting a new standard for responsible environmental management in … [Read more...]
The Grass Isn’t Greener in Dubai, It’s Just Different
UK hospitality operators are looking at Dubai and seeing salvation. Tax burden at 75% of pre-tax profit, £4.8 billion in new costs from recent Budgets, 2 venues closing daily. The UAE offers 15-20% total tax burden, population growth exceeding 5.7% annually, and F&B market projected to more than double by 2029. Simple calculation, obvious move. Except the operators … [Read more...]
Hospitality Firms Gain Precedent for Fee Recovery from Visa & Mastercard
Hospitality businesses across the EEA and UK that accept Visa or Mastercard payments may be entitled to a substantial payout for years of unlawful overcharging. The claim seeks compensation for excessive “multilateral interchange fees” (MIFs) applied to all Visa and Mastercard transactions, charges that directly increased card processing costs for hotels, restaurants, pubs, … [Read more...]
Enabling a Fair Shot in Hospitality
Join Fair Shot for an engaging evening exploring how hospitality organisations can become more inclusive for people with learning disabilities. This event is for decision makers and hiring managers in the hospitality and catering industry, who are looking into becoming more inclusive, diversifying their work force and supporting a charity revolutionising our … [Read more...]
Country Range Group Perfect Fit for King Brothers Foodservice
The Country Range Group (CRG) is finishing the year on a positive note after announcing that King Brothers Foodservice will be joining as its newest member from the 1st January 2026. A proudly independent, family-run business that is steeped in over a century of history, the King Brothers Foodservice roots go back to 1908 when Denis King first purchased a 500-acre farm in … [Read more...]
